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Pretty Polly in Murphy's mind for Euphrasia

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Trainer Joseph Murphy is eyeing a tilt at next month's Pretty Polly Stakes with Euphrasia following her fine run in defeat in the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh on Sunday.

The five-year-old was a 50-1 outsider pitched in against the boys in the Group One, but turned in a career-best effort to finish a close-up third behind Noble Mission and Magician.

Murphy said: "She's a filly still on the up and I wasn't surprised she ran so well.

"She might have been a 50-1 shot, but she was 33-1 when she won the Blue Wind Stakes at Naas last year, so that didn't bother me.

"She's a very good filly on her day and I think she could be capable of running a serious race in a very big race somewhere along the line.

"She's very game and tough and with another furlong it would have been interesting on Sunday, as she was the one staying galloping at the line.

"Anything from good to yielding to soft to heavy ground is fine for her. She wouldn't want it firm.

"She'll go for the Pretty Polly (June 29) back at the Curragh now.

"You're always afraid of the younger fillies coming through, but I'm sure she won't let us down."